Related Records: Record copies of publications of the
Commissioner of Railroads in RG 287, Publications of the U.S.
Government.
Records of the Bureau of Accounts (Treasury), RG 39.
Records of the Office of the Secretary of the Interior, RG 48.
Records of the Bureau of Land Management, RG 49.
Records of the Bureau of the Public Debt, RG 53.
General Records of the Department of the Treasury, RG 56.

193.2 RECORDS OF THE COMMISSIONER OF RAILROADS
1862-1907 (bulk 1878-1904)

History: The first Pacific Railroad Act (12 Stat. 489), July 1,
1862, created the Union Pacific Railroad Company and required it
and other federally aided railroads to submit annual reports to
the Secretary of the Treasury. By an act of June 25, 1868 (15
Stat. 79), reports were directed to be filed with the Secretary
of the Interior. Function assigned to Office of the Auditor of
Railroad Accounts by the Auditor of Railroad Accounts Act (20
Stat. 169), June 19, 1878. Renamed Commissioner of Railroads,
1881. SEE 193.1.

History: Created by an act of March 3, 1887 (24 Stat. 488) to
consist of three members appointed by President Grover Cleveland.
Investigated the affairs of federally aided railroads. Submitted
final report, December 1, 1887.

Bibliographic note: Web version based on Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives of the United States. Compiled by Robert B. Matchette et al. Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 1995.
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